same - im in the public service and at the top of my increment and only get a payrise through cpi that the govt/unions agree on...they've only recently signed an enterprise agreement - we went without a cpi pay rise for about a yr...twas ridiculous....i've been offered higher levels, but i really dont want the stress either..

Anybody earning $80k or less per annum will get a tax cut. Their modelling has been that the majority of low to low-middle income households will not be worse off. From what I've read, the Treasury modelling was quite accurate for the GST, so they expect it to be similarly accurate for carbon tax.

There seems to be a lot of fear and myths surrounding it, eg:

- fuel will go up - not for private vehicles, so the average person will not be affected at the pump
- electricty will jump in price - it will increase, but not all the increase is attributable to the carbon tax - a lot is from infrastructure which would have happened anyway
- food will go up dramatically - not on the Treasury figures

And it's a good incentive to consume less. We live in Queensland but don't use air conditioning. We just get by. I think people have overly high expectations of what is "essential". And the people on such low incomes who are affected by the relatively small changes to basic goods are being compensated anyway.

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